Cant-hook or peavey.



PATENT OFFICE.

PETER PRICE, OF PANTHER, WEST VIRGINIA.

CANT-HOOK on PEAVEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed June 2, 1906. Serial No. 819.872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER PRICE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Panther, in the county of McDowell and State of I/Vest Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Cant-Hook or Peavey, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cant-hooks or peaveys such as used in logging camps for moving or guiding logs from place to place.

The object of the invention is to produce a cant-hook of improved form and of a construction which operates to increase the strength of the stock or handle and which will prevent dislocation of the point or socket of the hook.

A further object of the invention is to produce a socket of improved form which will tend to prevent breakage of the stock at its point of connection therewith.

Further objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter, and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cant-hook constructed according to my invention, a portion of the stock being broken away and shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the cant-hook near its point upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a front or end view of the hook of the peavey, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the spur of the peavey, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly tothe parts, 1 represents a stock the large extremity whereof is formed into a tapered neck 2, over which a tapered socket 3 is adaptedto be driven. At one side this socket is formed with laterally-projecting ears 4, between which a hook 5 is mounted upon a suitable pivot-bolt 6. This hook 5 has a curved body, as indicated, and terminates in an inwardlyprojecting spur 7. This spur projects inwardly toward the socket 3 and forms a throat 8, in which the side of the log will be received. Toward this throat the spur presents a sharp edge 9, as indicated in Fig. 4. The outer face 10 of the spur is preferably rounded, as shown, and curved longitudinally in outline, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. At the mouth 11 of the socket through which the stock 1 is introduced the Vsocket is formed with deep cuts or notches 12 on opposite sides, so that adjacent to the point of attachment of the hook 5 a projecting ear or extending lip 13 is formed and a similar ear 14 on the opposite side. In the end of the neck 2 of the stock, at the outer extremity of the socket 3, a spike 15 is attached, said spike having a tapered body presenting a face or shoulder 17, adapted to seat against the end of the socket, 3 and having an inwardly-projecting centrally-disposed tang` 18. This tang is adapted to penetrate the material of the stock and is formed on opposite sides with notches 19, wherein laterallyprojecting barbs or shoulders 20 are presented. Evidently when this spike is driven into position these shoulders tend to prevent its becoming withdrawn. i

I provide means for anchoring the socket 3 on the stock. For this purpose I provide one of the ears, preferably the' ear 13, with a small opening 21. The body of the stock 1 bore, in which there is inserted a truss-rod 22. The body of this rod is enveloped within the body of the stock 1; but at its extremity adjacent to the socket 3 it emerges upon the outer face of the stock near the point 23, as indicated in Fig. 2. It passes under the ear or lip 13 and is formed with an outwardlyprojecting dog 24, which is received in the aforesaid opening 21, as shown. The outer extremity of the truss-rod 22 extends beyond the extremity of the stock, as shown, and is threaded to receive a Spanner-nut 25, which nut seats against the end of the stock, at which point a ferrule 26 is preferably placed, as shown. Whenthe nut 25 is tightened up, the socket 3 is firmly held in position, and the security of the socket does not depend alone vupon the existence of a tight iit between the stock and th'e socket. The truss-rod 22 while it is protected against injury by the socket 1 adds 'materially to the strength of the stock, so that in practice these stocks may be made of small diameter. This is a decided advantage, as they are of less weight and more easily handled.

In practice when the stocks of cant-hooks are broken the break usually .occurs at the edge of the socket. In order to prevent breakage at this point, I provide the extending lips 13 and 14, referred to above. By

is provided with a longitudinally-disposedV IOO IIO

considering the structure at this point it will be apparent that when a strain is brought upon the lips in using the hook the lips will have a certain amount of resiliency. In this way they tend to accommodate themselves to the size of the stock and distribute the strain throughout the inner surface of the lip. By this means avoid the occurrence of stress at one point in a plane at right angles to the stock, and it is found on this account that the durability of the stocks is greatly increased.

The truss-rod 22 is inserted in the stock in the following manner: The hook of the truss- 10d is engaged with the opening in the lip of the socket, after which the threaded end of the truss-rod is inserted in the opening in the stock at the point 23 and pushed or driven until the threaded end emerges from the end of the stock, the socket being drawn onto the opposite end of the stock at the same time. The nut is then engaged with the threaded end of' the truss-rod and tightened to a suitable degree.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters v Patent.-

1. A cant-hook, comprising a stock, and a socket having a hook pivoted thereto, said socket having a barbed tang Jfor engaging an opening in the stock, and being longitudinally notched on opposite sides to form lips one of said lips being adjacent to the pivotal connection of the hook and provided with an opening, a truss-rod extending longitudinally through the stock, one end of said rod having a hook for engaging the opening of the lip, and the other being screw-threaded and projecting beyond the end of the stock, and a nut engaging the screw-threaded end of th rod substantially as described.

12. A cant-hook comprising a stock, and a socket for receiving the end of the stock, said socket having a hook pivoted thereto, and being notched on opposite sides to form lips, one of said lips being adjacent to the pivotal connection of the hook, and a truss-rod eX- tending longitudinally through the stock, one end of said rod being connected with the lip adjacent to the hook, and the other end proj ecting beyond the stock and having a nut threaded thereon, whereby to tighten said truss-rod.

8. A cant-hook comprising a stock and a socket having a hook pivotally connected thereto, a truss-rod extending longitudinally through the stock, one end of said truss-rod being connected with the socket adjacent to the pivotal connection of the hook, and the other end of the rod projecting beyond the end of the stock and having a nut threaded thereon whereby to tighten said rod.

4. A cant-hook comprising a stock, and a socket having a hook pivoted thereto, a trussrod within the stock, one end of said rod being connected with the socket adjacent to the pivotal connection with the hook, and the other end projecting beyond the end of the socket, and being provided with means whereby to tighten said rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses PETER PRICE.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. Coss, CHAs. H. A. RUPP. 

